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PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2011
Affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Authors
Biliary Atresia Research Consortium, Boitnott J, Bove KE, Finegold M, Haas J, Jaffe R, Kim GE, Magee JC, Magid M, Melin-Aldana H, Raghunathan T, Russo P, Sokol RJ, White F, Whitington PF
Studies
Citation
Russo P, Magee JC, Boitnott J, Bove KE, Raghunathan T, Finegold M, Haas J, Jaffe R, Kim GE, Magid M, Melin-Aldana H, White F, Whitington PF, Sokol RJ, Biliary Atresia Research Consortium. Design and validation of the biliary atresia research consortium histologic assessment system for cholestasis in infancy. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011 Apr;9(4):357-362.e2. Epub 2011 Jan 14.

Abstract

Pathologists participating in the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Biliary Atresia Research Consortium (BARC) developed and then evaluated a standardized system for histologic reporting of liver biopsies from infants with cholestasis.